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Startup VerdeGo Aero says the slow pace of battery improvement leaves room for future hybrid-electric systems.

Aviation Week's Mike Lavitt and Molly McMillin discuss news from this year's Sun 'n Fun event.

About 1 million gal. of the fuel is sitting in a tank in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, awaiting final laboratory testing before it can be offered to customers.

Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo’s Innovation Preview is a forum in which companies gave fast rounds of presentations of new products, services and innovation.

Fixed-base operator (FBO) Sonoma Jet Center in Santa Rosa, California, will host a Green Fuel Day Celebration April 18.

Former Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East has been appointed chairman of NATS, the UK air navigation service provider.

Cirrus Aircraft has introduced a program called “Cirrus One” in a continued effort to break down the barriers to aircraft ownership, officials say.

Production targets for Kodiak aircraft are expected to rise to 25 in 2024, up from 18 in 2023, from strong customer demand.

The bench is a flight simulator built to the fidelity required for certification testing of both hardware and software that will then go to the aircraft.

G100UL unleaded avgas lacks a product specification from ASTM International—something industry has historically relied on when introducing new fuels, NATA says.

This further paves the way for first customer deliveries and entry into service to commence, the company says.

The first customer deliveries will begin in a week, officials say.

Listen in as Aviation Week speaks with JSX CEO Alex Wilcox, whose company recently announced its plans to purchase more than 300 hybrid-electric aircraft.

The Prosperity air taxi will be used for urban air traffic demonstration flights conducted in preparation for the Osaka World Expo in 2025.

Alvin Brown and J. Todd Inman were sworn in as new members of the NTSB on April 8, bringing the safety board to its full complement of five members.

Bombardier has added its Challenger 650 business jet to the publication of its Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), which can be publicly accessed.

Listen in as Aviation Week Network speaks with Gene Conrad, president and CEO of Sun ‘N Fun Aerospace Expo, as he provides a glimpse into the 2024 show.

Icon Aircraft, maker of the Icon A5 amphibious sport plane, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection April 4 and is pursuing a sale of the business.

According to the EBACE website, 182 exhibitors of all sizes are registered for the show.

The April 8 total solar eclipse will be the last visible from the contiguous U.S. until 2044.

Founder of air ambulance provider Global Jetcare, Bart Gray, plus three pilots and an observer, took to the skies in a Learjet 36A at 11:49 p.m. CDT on April 3.

The MoU is intended to enable collaboration to identify research, development, demonstration, and deployment opportunities for sustainable aviation technologies

Thales has completed the acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, thus obtaining crucial technology in secure broadband data links.

The 149,500 ft.² facility includes workshops, storage space, offices, training rooms and rest areas.

Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.